Scraper



July 7, 1936- A. G. ANDREWS 2,046,599

SCRAPER Filed April 28, 1933 Patented July 7, 1936 PAT QFFECE soaAPEn Arthur G. Andrews, Rockford, Ill., assignor toV The Washburn Company, Worcester, .Mass.a. corporation of Massachusetts This; invention relateszto kitchen` utensils: 'andi has particular reference toa scraperv of the-type.

hai/ing ai. ftexiole`v rubberl blade'` suitable fon use .aplatez or batter scraper, sink: scraper'and the.

f v v 1 Thev principal'Y object. of` my invention ist to pro;-

l() rather than an endwise motion, for greater eiciencyf and. less likelihood'. of fatigue.

Anotherobject is to provide a scraper having an opening formed in the blade b-y special forming of .the reinforcement and molding of the l5 blade to conform thereto, whereby to permit hanging the utensil on a hook or nail when not in use. f

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- 20 Figures 1 and 2 are a side and top View, re-

spectively, of the scraper of my invention;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Figure l, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective illustrating how the 25 scraper may be hung up.

Utensils of this kind have heretofore had only a single working edge and were designed to be worked like a putty knife; that is, by endwise motion. Since such operation is by no means 30 ei'icient and is more or less awkward and tedious, it is one object of my invention to provide a scraper in which the handle 5, instead of extending from the middle of the back of the blade 6, at right angles to the single working edge on 35 the lower end, extends in the manner shown from one end of the blade at an acute angle with respect to the two side edges 'l and 8. In that way the scraper is worked with a sidewise motion which is easier and far more ecient. 40 Furthermore, the two edges make the tool better adapted for the purpose intended; the edge 1 is straight to work on flat surfaces in cleaning plates and the like or for cleaning a sink, and the edge 8 is shown curved to fit the inside of bowls, al-

45 though it may also be made straight. It will be observed that the edges 1 and 8 are substantially at the same angle with respect to the longitudinal axis :J2-y of the scraper. In that way the tool is as well balanced in working with one edge as 50 with the other, and the handle is at the most convenient angle with respect to the surface being worked upon, whether it be flat or curved. The blade 6 is of molded rubber for flexibility so as to wipe clean like a squeegee. The blade is 55 tapered toward the two edges 1 and 8, as clearly appears, in Figa. 2i. and 3s The rear endf off' they blade may also=be= formed:v with ai taper'asshownf so as to provide still another wonkingz edge.8!,. useful in certain places* wherethe other edges: 1 andi 8 would not be as handy; 5

9.1 is: a. reinforcement fory the blade 6 formed preferably from a= pieceof rod orheavy: wire= large enoughf inA Grossi-section: to: serve as a. handle and. bentinto: anreye. |01 with avs-hank portion: ILI arranged; to project. from; the blade: at the:proper'10` angle to serve as the: handle por-tion.. WhilezI have shown the use of wire, it will be evident that a sheet metal stamping or some other material might be employed. The shank Il will have a drive fit in the handle although, of course, any suitable method of fastening may be employed. Due to the fact that the wire insert is of relatively large diameter in relation to the thickness of the rubber blade the eye portion I0 is attened in the plane of the blade, as clearly appears in Figs. 2 and 3 s as not to take up too much of the thickness of the blade 6 molded thereon and so as to present broad at surfaces on which the rubber of the blade will adhere readily when molded thereon. The blade is preferably thickest throughout the area l2 covering the reinforcement 9 and tapers from this portion toward the working edges 1, 8, and 8, as shown. An opening I 3 is molded in the blade in register with the eye I0, thus correspondingly lightening the tool and saving material, besides providing an opening to receive a hook or nail I4 on which the tool can be hung up when not in use.

The scraper may be manufactured at a low cost and, as pointed out above, presents numerous practical advantages over other utensils made for a similar purpose. The construction is obviously extremely durable since the reinforcement has an unusually large area of contact with the rubber of the blade, and is furthermore formed so that there is no likelihood of its cutting through the rubber, that having been one of the principal objections to previous designs, especially where sheet metal or other reinforcements having sharp edges were employed.

I claim:

1. A scraper of the kind mentioned comprising a molded flexible rubber blade, and a reinforcing insert of slightly smaller cross-section in relation to the cross-section of said blade whereby it is adapted to serve as a handle therefor, said insert being embedded in and projecting from the blade to provide a handle portion, said insert having an opening therein spaced from the handle portion and within the blade and said blade being provided with a registering opening extending therethrough for the purpose specified.

2. A scraper of the character described comprising a rubber blade of elongated quadrilateral form, and a wire insert of large enough crosssection in relation to the thickness of the blade to serve both as a stiff reenforcement for the blade and as a handle, said Wire being bent to provide an elongated quadrilateral loop embedded in the upper portion of the blade for reenforcement and stilening of the full length thereof, the wire being further bent to provide a handle portion projecting diagonally `upwardly from one upper corner of the'blade.

3. A scraper as set forth'in claimf 2, whereiny that portion of the wire member projecting from the blade is of circular cross-section and of a diameter that is large in relation' to the thickness of the rubber blade, and that portion embedded in the blade is flattened throughout its length in the plane; of the blade toa thickness that is small in relation to the thickness of the blade, for the purpose Vspeciiied. i Y

4. A scraper as set forth inclaim 2, wherein that portion ofthe Wire member projecting from the blade is ofcircular cross-section, and that portion embedded in the blade is flattenedv registering with the Yopening in the embedded loop, for the purposes specied.

5. A scraper as set forth in claim 2, wherein Y the blade has an opening provided therethrough registering withV the opening in the embedded loop for the purpose stated. Y Y

v6. A scraper of the character described com-Y prising a rubber blade havingexible scraping edge portions and a relatively stiff butt portion from Which the scraping edge portions extend, and a wire insert member extending Vfrom the blade to provide a handle portion, the wire mmber being of large enough cross-section in relation to the thickness of the blade to serve as a handle therefor and being formed With an enlarged loop conformed to the outline of the butt portionA of said blade and flattened throughout its length in the plane of the blade andembedded therein to reenforceand stiften said butt portion throughout its entire area.

'7. A scraper as set forth in claim 6, wherein the blade has an opening provided therein through 20 the butt portion registering with theopening in the embeddedV loop, for the purpose stated.v

8; A scraper comprising a molded blade of suitable material, the same having one or more scraping edges thereon, and an insert embedded in said 25,

blade and having ka handle portion extending from the blade, said insert having .an openingv therein andsaid blade having a registeringv open,

ing for the purpose stated.

' ARTHUR G. ANDREWS. 

